Rhode

From Middle English Rode, from Old English rod, rodu and/or Old English hrēod.

The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

Rhode (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodes)

A habitational surname

1. for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named.
2. for a person who lived near a reed bed.

• Rhodes

• Hanks, Patrick (2022) Dictionary of American Family Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Rhode (no pagination)
• Hanks, Patrick (2022) Dictionary of American Family Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Rhodes (no pagination)

From Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē).

Rhode

1. (Greek mythology) In Greek mythology, the oldest Oceanid, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus

• Rhode Island
• Rhodes

• Rhode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Herod, Rohde, horde

Rhode

1. vocative singular of Rhodus